Most unusual punishment your parents used?

[Germaine_11.20]

When my brother and i would fight and go running to tell on each other, my Dad would tell us that we each could decide on what punishment the other one was going to get.
That made us not want to punish the other one badly because then the other still got to choose the punishment for you.

Also he got tired of spanking every day or so. We then had "Friday" spanking days. So if it was Saturday and we did something that would get us a spanking we learned quick to be very very good and be nice and most of the time we could get out of the spanking. It was usually my Mom who decided on if it happened because we knew better to upset our Dad. Never Dad... I sure hated Fridays!

The most unusual punishment I delt out to my kids was when my 3 boys (who shared a room) would not go to sleep. Every night I would tell them over and over to be quiet and go to sleep. Every night they would laugh, and fight and do what three boys do when they bunk together.
But I was very tired of them not listening to me. So one night I decided that if they wanted to stay up, they were going to stay up. I would not let them go to sleep. I sat in a rocking chair and when one would start to doze, I would wake him up. At first they thought it was great. Then they got tired, more tired, crazy tired. It was about 3 in the am before they begged enough for me to give in.
I told them that was how I felt when I couldn't sleep because they were loud. They pretty much never had to be told twice again. I could hear them whisper, but I let that slide.

 

[baldie]

Wooden spoon on the butt, and boy did it hurt. Plus I was not very smart and always tried to block it with my hands. My mom even broke one on my hand when it was there, she felt so bad that it was the last time she used one.
My Dad liked the belt. One time I hid it cuz I knew I was gonna get in trouble...didnt work out as I had planned.

 

[KDbeads]

No radio or books for 2 weeks (no tv in that house anyway) and since I love music and always had a book in hand it was the worst thing that could be done to me
pick your switch was the most often used
no skating, which sucked because that was the only thing we were allowed to do outside of the house and with other people

 

[silkiechicken]

Boy I'm spoiled... I don't think I ever was punished for anything. LOL

 

[fowltemptress]

I got in an argument with my dad, argument being an understatement, so my parents took my door off my room and said they'd put it back up when I apologized to him.

Thing is, I was in the right. I was so clearly in the right that there was no way I'd apologize, even if the punishment had been far worse. I went four months without a door before my mother finally gave in and put my door back up. It wasn't until years later that I finally got an apology from my dad for the whole thing.

What didn't work on me worked wonders for siblings, though. Mom realized that I was in a frenzy to keep my room extra clean during that period since I couldn't procrastinate by shutting the door on any messes for a few hours, so she started using it on my brothers when their rooms didn't meet expectations. They'd get the door back when they managed to keep their room clean for a week. The rooms stayed amazingly clean once that punishment was introduced . . . it's very annoying not having a door to your sanctuary.

 

[chickaddict]

heavy handed emotionally abusive childhood for me, and hubby was a child of neglect

while trying desperately not to repeat our own history
dh and I over the years have created (purely out of necessity) some very strange but very effective punishments.

here are just a few


LYING - before the age of 5 they believed fully that if the told a lie that mommy would be able to see the black spots on their tongue. The child that is lying will not stick it out for you.

SKIPPING SCHOOL - hope it was worth it because now you get to volunteer after school for a week helping to clean the church. (the church loves this one)

PHYSICAL FIGHTING - handcuff the fighting siblings to each other and they WILL learn to get along.

LOUD CAR ARGUEMENTS - hold up a Barry Manilow CD, you won't hear another peep all the way home.


Most other discipline problems can be solved by the large rock pile in the back yard. Have the offending child move the rock pile to the other end of the yard. 2hours later when the teenager is tired, dirty and sweaty and comes in to tell you he is finished - MAKE HIM MOVE IT BACK TO WHERE IT WAS. This usually sends the child into a screaming tizzy of whys. ANSWER - because I said so!!!

wood piles work just as well

 

[Eggs4Sale]

I was told "Wait till your Dad gets home" by mom, then Dad would spank me. He had a huge, hard hand. Got the belt on my backside once. Earned every bit of it. As a teenager, I went a week with my bedroom door removed. Can't remember why. I'm sure I deserved it, though. If they knew half the stuff I was doing, they would have removed more than the door.

My sister meted out punishments to my parents. As a teen, if she got mad at them when we were not at home (say at a restaurant), she would walk home. Didn't matter how close or how far. She'd finally make it home, hours later, and stand in front of the bathroom mirror and cut her hair off. When we were vacationing in another state, she left the hotel and wandered the city for a Greyhound bus stop. She finally asked someone "Where's the bus station?" They directed her miles away to a CITY bus station!

She was gone ALL day on that one.

She had some massive leg muscles.

 

[Hoosiermomma]

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Same here minus the vitamins. Let's see a few unusual punishments.....well when my dad would call if we didn't come fast enough he would make us go back to where we were when he called and we would have to run back and forth until he was satisfied we ran fast enough. Then when I was a teen....for a punishment he would follow me around in his car. Yes, even when I was dating too.

I'm sure there were many others but I probably blocked them out.

 

[fowltemptress]

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Lol, clever. That reminds me, my grandmother would tell us our tongues would turn black and fall out if we ever spoke ill of our mother. She also told me I'd marry a crazy man if I sang at the table. I guess my SO is proof of my disobedience.

 

[debilorrah]

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Oh come on...... I cannot believe that one!!!